Letter to the I: Battle of the Atlantic

There has been much debate on this paper’s letters page about whether D Day or the Russian contribution is more significant.  There is one battle that trumps both the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of Stalingrad; the Battle of the Atlantic.  Without the Allied triumph over the German U-Boats the cross-channel invasion would have been impossible.  Without the great efforts of the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy the Arctic convoys would never have given Soviet forces the means to fight at Stalingrad or many other places thereafter.

Regards

Zachary Barker

Bristol